Recorded teachings and meditations from a five day Vajrasattva Retreat led by Venerable Robina Courtin in Sydney, Australia in September 2018 hosted by Vajrayana Institute and held at Peter Canius House Retreat Centre in Pymble.
Topics: Vajrasattva, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Vajrayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism,...

Jampa Jaffe gave a series of four stand-alone talks exploring some of the central themes of Buddhism. These talks explore: - the ways love and fear manifest in our daily lives (Practices of love and fear) - what constitutes a good life and the role of compassion (Art of gentle revolution) - working with the challenges of trying to change (Compassion and a successful life) - Buddha’s campaign slogan (D ependent arising) 
Topics: buddhism, love, fear, compassion, revolution, change, dependent arising

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.311008 dc.contributor.author: Bhattacharya,benoytosh dc.date.accessioned: 2015-08-10T13:14:12Z dc.date.available: 2015-08-10T13:14:12Z dc.date.copyright: 1929 dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2012/08 dc.date.citation: 1929 dc.identifier.barcode: 99999990319938 dc.identifier.origpath: /data14/upload/0010/768 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/311008 dc.description.scanningcentre: Banasthali University...
Topic: Banasthali

In this workshop, Matthieu Ricard, a molecular geneticist turned Buddhist monk, will explain how meditation can help us achieve emotional balance, enhance mindfulness, expand altruistic love, and develop a sense of inner calm; while also reducing anxiety, vulnerability to pain, and a tendency toward depression and anger. Matthieu Ricard helps workshop participants learn how to form new patterns of interaction with themselves and the larger world, working toward happiness step by step, starting...
Topics: Meditate, meditation, altruistic, Matthieu RIcard

During this four day retreat we will learn how to develop and enhance our attention skills, how to strengthen our faculty of mindfulness. This retreat will focus on three techniques that have been found to be effective for people living in the modern world: 1. Mindfulness of breathing 2. Settling the mind in its natural state 3. Awareness of awareness To ensure that our shamatha practice is balanced and effective we will be supplementing it with the practices of loving-kindness and...
Topics: shamatha, mindfulness, settling the mind, natural state, awareness loving kindness, compassion

Normally, we suppose that the world is already and always fully real, existing independently of our minds; out there waiting to be revealed to us. Emptiness is the absence of just such a fantasized way of existing. 
Topics: emptiness, dependent arising

This inspiring non-monastic western woman talked about her experiences and her commitment to the path in the way of the yogis and yoginis of the past.
Topics: retreat, Lapchi, yoginis, yogis

Maitreya’s  The Ornament of Clear Realization  is the root text for the study of the levels of realisation related to enlightenment according to the Middle Way (Madhyamika) school of Buddhist philosophy. This important scripture, traditionally the basis for extensive study in the monastic curriculum, made explicit these levels, which were otherwise presented in only a hidden manner in the Buddha’s Perfection of Wisdom teachings. From among the 70 topics covered by the Ornament, the 11...
Topics: Ornament, Madhyamika, middle way, realisation, clear realisation

The Heart Sutra is a text of central importance to millions of Buddhists and one we recite regularly before teachings. We are delighted to announce that Geshe Samten has kindly accepted to give a commentary on this classic Buddhist discourse. This powerful sutra, taught by the Buddha, contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. This short text presents the Buddha’s  unique teaching on “no-self” or “emptiness,” and holds the key to complete liberation from suffering and...
Topics: heart sutra, emptiness, reality, perfection of wisdom

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.408396 dc.contributor.author: Bhattacharya,benoytosh dc.date.accessioned: 2015-09-10T17:15:03Z dc.date.available: 2015-09-10T17:15:03Z dc.date.copyright: 1929 dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2012/08 dc.date.citation: 1929 dc.identifier.barcode: 99999990291747 dc.identifier.origpath: /data9/upload/0289/679 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/408396 dc.description.scanningcentre: Banasthali University...
Topic: Banasthali

This 1-day workshop with Wai Cheong was a  series of guided meditations to present some of his thoughts on the topic of  ‘Developing a Unified Mind of Samadhi ‘ and how we can cultivate it even in the midst of our daily lives.
Topics: samadhi, meditation, Wai Cheong

This 1-day workshop with Wai Cheong features a  series of guided meditations that present some of his thoughts on the topic of  ‘Developing a Unified Mind of Samadhi ‘ and how we can cultivate it even in the midst of our daily lives.
Topics: samadhi, meditation

In the public talk Wai Cheong gave an introduction to the topic of realisations in Buddhism from the perspectives  of different Buddhist traditions, including that of Maitreya’s Ornament of Clear Realisation. In the workshop there was a  series of guided meditations based on some topics in  Maitreya’s Ornament of Clear Realisation . 
Topics: realisations, meditation, Maitreya, Ornament of Clear Realisation

Green Tara is the swift and loving manifestation of enlightened female energy and of all the buddhas whose activities are focused on liberating us from fears and obstacles. Green Tara is associated with enlightened activity and accomplishment. Meditating on Tara is a very powerful way to identify and connect with our own inner potential for wisdom and compassion. It also helps to eliminate obstacles to the spiritual path and to being able to work for others.
Topics: Tara, Green Tara, enlightened meditating, wisdom, compassion

Shifting perspectives: Exploring the right view of emptiness is  a Meditative Review of the ‘Ornament for Clear Realisations’. In this 1-day workshop, Wai Cheong presented a series of guided meditations on different ways of understanding  emptiness to allow people to have their own experience of it. 
Topics: emptiness, meditations, right view, ornament

The Buddhist Path encourages us to be fearless in the face of adversity. How can we step up to this challenge in a world of unpredictability, fear and conflict. Be inspired by Venerable Robina’s dynamic inspirational talk and begin to be the change we want to see in the world.
Topics: fearless, fearful, challenge fear, conflict

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times… and as we watch the news and ponder our daily experience, we realise that we cannot predict or control our lives with any certainty whatever. Two thousand six hundred years when the Buddha lived this was no different. He established that all phenomena are impermanent and that this is the cause of our suffering. He gave many powerful teachings, philosophical as well as practical of how to overcome this suffering. This is an introduction into...
Topics: phenomena, impermanent, suffering, non-meditation

The Buddhist Path encourages us to be fearless in the face of adversity. How can we step up to this challenge in a world of unpredictability, fear and conflict. Be inspired by Venerable Robina’s dynamic inspirational talk and begin to be the change we want to see in the world.
Topics: fearless, fearful, Buddhist Path

Shifting perspectives: Exploring the right view of emptiness  was a Meditative Review of the ‘Ornament for Clear Realisations’.  In this 1-day workshop, Wai Cheong presented a series of guided meditations on different ways of understanding  emptiness to allow people to have their own experience of it.
Topics: emptiness, Ornament of clear realisation, meditation, perpsectives

It could be said that “Eight Verses for Training the Mind” contains the entire essence of the Buddha’s teaching in a distinct form.  —His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Composed by the Buddhist master Langri Tangpa (1054-1123), “ Eight Verses for Training the Mind ” enshrines the very heart of Dharma, revealing the true essence of the Mahayana path to liberation. As we practice these teachings in daily life, we train our mind to embrace reality in wholesome, compassionate and wise ways....
Topics: Eight verses, mind, Langri Tangpa, training, Mahayana path

Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra Highest Yoga Tantra Restricted to those with Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. "In brief, the Buddhahood achieved over countless eons, you will attain in this birth, through the most excellent bliss, or the state of Vajradhara." An overview of the structure of the tantric path. Tantra distinguishes itself in particular through a unique combination of method and wisdom, achieved through meditation on the perfect form of a Buddha as completely devoid of...
Topics: Nalanda Archive, Nalanda108, Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, Tsenshab, Grounds and Paths, Highest Yoga...
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For the full source text of the lecture: Visit http://www.Shurangama.com/mantra/Shurangama_Mantra_Siddham_Sanskrit_with_Ven_Hua_Verses.doc --- The Shurangama Mantra is the longest mantra in Buddhism. It is also called the most magical and wonderful language. Whoever recites it will become protected by Vajra Treasury Bodhisattvas of Medicine Buddha (Akshobhya Mitrugpa). If you want to hold the mantra, you have to be sincere in your intent, rectify your mind and cultivate your body. Then you must...
Topics: Shurangama Mantra, Shurangama Sutra, Medicine Buddha, Akshobhya, Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara,...
Source: Commentaries on Shurangama Sutra Mantra Taisho No. T 945 by diverse Buddhist Monks and Nuns such as Ven. Chan Zen Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (Xuan Hua) of the City of 10,000 Buddhas (Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - www.DRBA.org), Venerable Dharma Master Hsu Fa of the Ching Dynasty, Namo Shurangama Tripitaka-Charya Venerable Master Arya Nagarguna, Venerable Tang Dynasty Sanskrit to Chinese Translator Dharma Master Shramana Paramiti, reviewer Dharma Master Shramana Meghashikara, certifier Shramana Hwai Di and editor disciple Fang Yung, Hsu Yun (Xu yun), Bhikshuni translator Heng Ch'ih (Heng Chr), Heng Tao and other translators of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (www.BTTSonline.org), an Anonymous American Buddhist Monk of the Tibetan and Chinese Mahayana Tradition www.Shurangama.com, Namo@Shurangama.com; Namo Chandragomin's ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana. The fifth century A.D. sagely Indian Buddhist Upasaka Pandit Chandragomin from Nalanda Monastic University wrote three commentaries and one Sadhana (Puja ceremony) on the Shurangama Mantra in Sanskrit: It is still extant in its Tibetan form in the Peking Edition No. 3904, 3905, 3916 and 3917 of the Tibetan Tripitaka Tangyur as the ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana (P.E. 3905). The Tibetan name for Chandragomin's Shurangama Mantra Sadhana is hphags-pa de-bshin-gsegs-pahi gtsug-tor-nas byun-bahi gdugs dkar-mo-can gshan-gyis mi-thub-pa phyir bzlog-pa shes-bya-bahi gzuns kyi sgrub-thabs. (Source: Indian Buddhist Pundits - from the Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, (Tibetan title: Chos-'byung-zin-bris-nor-bu 'phreng-ba compiled Tibetan Masters), translator Lobsang Norbu Tsonawa, Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), 1985, Revised Edition 2005: p. 102, ISBN 81-85102-42-2) The main source is the Tripitaka Sutra, Shastra and Vinaya teachings (as found in the scripture storehouse of the Indian Sanskrit-Siddham, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese traditions of the Nalanda Tradition of ancient Nalanda University) of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his Arya Sagely Bodhisattva Bhikshu Monk and Upasaka disciples. These Dharma Master teachers include Arya Venerables Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Aryasura, Kumarajiva, Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Chandragomin, Vasubandhu, Asanga, Hui Neng, Atisha, Kamalashila, Dharmarakshita, Tsong Khapa, Thogme Zangpo, Patanjali, Sushruta, Charaka, Vagbhata, Nichiren, Hsu Yun, Hsuan Hua, Shen Kai, Tenzin Gyatso, Kyabje Zopa, Ajahn Chah, Vasant Lad, and other modern day masters. All of these above teachers thinking has influenced these Buddhist MP3 audio recordings Dharma talks. Main source is the: Namo "Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha's Summit Concerning the Tathagata's Secret Cause of Cultivation, His Certification to the Complete Meaning and all Bodhisattvas' Myriad Practices." Also called Namo Shurangama Tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-Sitātapatrā (सितातपत्रा) Mantra Dharani Om namaḥ śrī-sarva-buddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ ॐ नमः श्रीसर्वबुद्धबोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः। Śūraṃgama-sūtra - Namo Shǒu lèngyán jīng 首楞嚴經 - Namo ārya-sarva-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-sitāta-patrā-nāma-parājitā pratyaṅgirā mahā-vidyā-rājñī samāptā - Om Namo Shurangama Sutra-Mantra - Om Namo Léngyán jīng 棱嚴經 (Taisho number T 945) - A Zen -Chan and Tantric Mantra Tantra Sutra scripture translated by Paramiti (Pāramiti 般刺蜜帝) in 705 A.D.; v. 首楞嚴經 - Namo Uṣṇīṣavijayādhāraṇī - Namo Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng - Namo Sarvatathāgataoṣṇīṣaśitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī-nāma-dhāraṇī - Om Namo Dà fódǐng rúlái fàngguāng Xīdáduōbōdáluó tuóluóní 大佛頂如來放光悉憺多鉢憺陀羅尼 - Namo Dhāraṇī of Śitātapatra - Namo Great Corona of All Tathāgatas, Radiating Light [Namo The Great Queen of Vidyā called Aparājitā]. Tibetan version is: To.590/985, P.202/610 (['phags pa] De bshin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor nas byung ba gdugs dkar po can shes bya ba gshan gyis mi thub ma phyir zlog pa'i rig sngags kyi rgyal mo chen mo)) Siddhaya, Swaha Maha Siddhaya Swaha.

For the full source text of the lecture: Visit http://www.Shurangama.com/mantra/Shurangama_Mantra_Siddham_Sanskrit_with_Ven_Hua_Verses.doc The Shurangama Mantra is the longest mantra in Buddhism. It is also called the most magical and wonderful language. Whoever recites it will become protected by Vajra Treasury Bodhisattvas of Medicine Buddha (Akshobhya Mitrugpa). If you want to hold the mantra, you have to be sincere in your intent, rectify your mind and cultivate your body. Then you must get...
Topics: Shurangama Mantra, Shurangama Sutra, E li ye dwo la, Arya Tara, Medicine Buddha, Akshobhya,...
Source: Commentaries on Shurangama Sutra Mantra Taisho No. T 945 by diverse Buddhist Monks and Nuns such as Ven. Chan Zen Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (Xuan Hua) of the City of 10,000 Buddhas (Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - www.DRBA.org), Venerable Dharma Master Hsu Fa of the Ching Dynasty, Namo Shurangama Tripitaka-Charya Venerable Master Arya Nagarguna, Venerable Tang Dynasty Sanskrit to Chinese Translator Dharma Master Shramana Paramiti, reviewer Dharma Master Shramana Meghashikara, certifier Shramana Hwai Di and editor disciple Fang Yung, Hsu Yun (Xu yun), Bhikshuni translator Heng Ch'ih (Heng Chr), Heng Tao and other translators of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (www.BTTSonline.org), an Anonymous American Buddhist Monk of the Tibetan and Chinese Mahayana Tradition www.Shurangama.com, Namo@Shurangama.com; Namo Chandragomin's ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana. The fifth century A.D. sagely Indian Buddhist Upasaka Pandit Chandragomin from Nalanda Monastic University wrote three commentaries and one Sadhana (Puja ceremony) on the Shurangama Mantra in Sanskrit: It is still extant in its Tibetan form in the Peking Edition No. 3904, 3905, 3916 and 3917 of the Tibetan Tripitaka Tangyur as the ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana (P.E. 3905). The Tibetan name for Chandragomin's Shurangama Mantra Sadhana is hphags-pa de-bshin-gsegs-pahi gtsug-tor-nas byun-bahi gdugs dkar-mo-can gshan-gyis mi-thub-pa phyir bzlog-pa shes-bya-bahi gzuns kyi sgrub-thabs. (Source: Indian Buddhist Pundits - from the Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, (Tibetan title: Chos-'byung-zin-bris-nor-bu 'phreng-ba compiled Tibetan Masters), translator Lobsang Norbu Tsonawa, Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), 1985, Revised Edition 2005: p. 102, ISBN 81-85102-42-2) The main source is the Tripitaka Sutra, Shastra and Vinaya teachings (as found in the scripture storehouse of the Indian Sanskrit-Siddham, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese traditions of the Nalanda Tradition of ancient Nalanda University) of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his Arya Sagely Bodhisattva Bhikshu Monk and Upasaka disciples. These Dharma Master teachers include Arya Venerables Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Aryasura, Kumarajiva, Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Chandragomin, Vasubandhu, Asanga, Hui Neng, Atisha, Kamalashila, Dharmarakshita, Tsong Khapa, Thogme Zangpo, Patanjali, Sushruta, Charaka, Vagbhata, Nichiren, Hsu Yun, Hsuan Hua, Shen Kai, Tenzin Gyatso, Kyabje Zopa, Ajahn Chah, Vasant Lad, and other modern day masters. All of these above teachers thinking has influenced these Buddhist MP3 audio recordings Dharma talks. Main source is the: Namo "Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha's Summit Concerning the Tathagata's Secret Cause of Cultivation, His Certification to the Complete Meaning and all Bodhisattvas' Myriad Practices." Also called Namo Shurangama Tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-Sitātapatrā (सितातपत्रा) Mantra Dharani Om namaḥ śrī-sarva-buddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ ॐ नमः श्रीसर्वबुद्धबोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः। Śūraṃgama-sūtra - Namo Shǒu lèngyán jīng 首楞嚴經 - Namo ārya-sarva-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-sitāta-patrā-nāma-parājitā pratyaṅgirā mahā-vidyā-rājñī samāptā - Om Namo Shurangama Sutra-Mantra - Om Namo Léngyán jīng 棱嚴經 (Taisho number T 945) - A Zen -Chan and Tantric Mantra Tantra Sutra scripture translated by Paramiti (Pāramiti 般刺蜜帝) in 705 A.D.; v. 首楞嚴經 - Namo Uṣṇīṣavijayādhāraṇī - Namo Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng - Namo Sarvatathāgataoṣṇīṣaśitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī-nāma-dhāraṇī - Om Namo Dà fódǐng rúlái fàngguāng Xīdáduōbōdáluó tuóluóní 大佛頂如來放光悉憺多鉢憺陀羅尼 - Namo Dhāraṇī of Śitātapatra - Namo Great Corona of All Tathāgatas, Radiating Light [Namo The Great Queen of Vidyā called Aparājitā]. Tibetan version is: To.590/985, P.202/610 (['phags pa] De bshin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor nas byung ba gdugs dkar po can shes bya ba gshan gyis mi thub ma phyir zlog pa'i rig sngags kyi rgyal mo chen mo)) Siddhaya, Swaha Maha Siddhaya Swaha.

For the full source text of the lecture: Visit http://www.Shurangama.com/mantra/Shurangama_Mantra_Siddham_Sanskrit_with_Ven_Hua_Verses.doc --- The Shurangama Mantra is the longest mantra in Buddhism -- It is the "Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth." Master Hua says, "Now I am explaining the Shurangama Mantra for you and it is extremely difficult to encounter such a rare Dharma assembly as this. Billions of eons pass and no one explains the Shurangama Mantra even once. Nor...
Topics: Shurangama Mantra, Shurangama Sutra, E li ye dwo la, Arya Tara, Medicine Buddha, Akshobhya,...
Source: Commentaries on Shurangama Sutra Mantra Taisho No. T 945 by diverse Buddhist Monks and Nuns such as Ven. Chan Zen Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (Xuan Hua) of the City of 10,000 Buddhas (Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - www.DRBA.org), Venerable Dharma Master Hsu Fa of the Ching Dynasty, Namo Shurangama Tripitaka-Charya Venerable Master Arya Nagarguna, Venerable Tang Dynasty Sanskrit to Chinese Translator Dharma Master Shramana Paramiti, reviewer Dharma Master Shramana Meghashikara, certifier Shramana Hwai Di and editor disciple Fang Yung, Hsu Yun (Xu yun), Bhikshuni translator Heng Ch'ih (Heng Chr), Heng Tao and other translators of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (www.BTTSonline.org), an Anonymous American Buddhist Monk of the Tibetan and Chinese Mahayana Tradition www.Shurangama.com, Namo@Shurangama.com; Namo Chandragomin's ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana. The fifth century A.D. sagely Indian Buddhist Upasaka Pandit Chandragomin from Nalanda Monastic University wrote three commentaries and one Sadhana (Puja ceremony) on the Shurangama Mantra in Sanskrit: It is still extant in its Tibetan form in the Peking Edition No. 3904, 3905, 3916 and 3917 of the Tibetan Tripitaka Tangyur as the ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana (P.E. 3905). The Tibetan name for Chandragomin's Shurangama Mantra Sadhana is hphags-pa de-bshin-gsegs-pahi gtsug-tor-nas byun-bahi gdugs dkar-mo-can gshan-gyis mi-thub-pa phyir bzlog-pa shes-bya-bahi gzuns kyi sgrub-thabs. (Source: Indian Buddhist Pundits - from the Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, (Tibetan title: Chos-'byung-zin-bris-nor-bu 'phreng-ba compiled Tibetan Masters), translator Lobsang Norbu Tsonawa, Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), 1985, Revised Edition 2005: p. 102, ISBN 81-85102-42-2) The main source is the Tripitaka Sutra, Shastra and Vinaya teachings (as found in the scripture storehouse of the Indian Sanskrit-Siddham, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese traditions of the Nalanda Tradition of ancient Nalanda University) of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his Arya Sagely Bodhisattva Bhikshu Monk and Upasaka disciples. These Dharma Master teachers include Arya Venerables Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Aryasura, Kumarajiva, Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Chandragomin, Vasubandhu, Asanga, Hui Neng, Atisha, Kamalashila, Dharmarakshita, Tsong Khapa, Thogme Zangpo, Patanjali, Sushruta, Charaka, Vagbhata, Nichiren, Hsu Yun, Hsuan Hua, Shen Kai, Tenzin Gyatso, Kyabje Zopa, Ajahn Chah, Vasant Lad, and other modern day masters. All of these above teachers thinking has influenced these Buddhist MP3 audio recordings Dharma talks. Main source is the: Namo "Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha's Summit Concerning the Tathagata's Secret Cause of Cultivation, His Certification to the Complete Meaning and all Bodhisattvas' Myriad Practices." Also called Namo Shurangama Tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-Sitātapatrā (सितातपत्रा) Mantra Dharani Om namaḥ śrī-sarva-buddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ ॐ नमः श्रीसर्वबुद्धबोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः। Śūraṃgama-sūtra - Namo Shǒu lèngyán jīng 首楞嚴經 - Namo ārya-sarva-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-sitāta-patrā-nāma-parājitā pratyaṅgirā mahā-vidyā-rājñī samāptā - Om Namo Shurangama Sutra-Mantra - Om Namo Léngyán jīng 棱嚴經 (Taisho number T 945) - A Zen -Chan and Tantric Mantra Tantra Sutra scripture translated by Paramiti (Pāramiti 般刺蜜帝) in 705 A.D.; v. 首楞嚴經 - Namo Uṣṇīṣavijayādhāraṇī - Namo Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng - Namo Sarvatathāgataoṣṇīṣaśitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī-nāma-dhāraṇī - Om Namo Dà fódǐng rúlái fàngguāng Xīdáduōbōdáluó tuóluóní 大佛頂如來放光悉憺多鉢憺陀羅尼 - Namo Dhāraṇī of Śitātapatra - Namo Great Corona of All Tathāgatas, Radiating Light [Namo The Great Queen of Vidyā called Aparājitā]. Tibetan version is: To.590/985, P.202/610 (['phags pa] De bshin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor nas byung ba gdugs dkar po can shes bya ba gshan gyis mi thub ma phyir zlog pa'i rig sngags kyi rgyal mo chen mo)) Siddhaya, Swaha Maha Siddhaya Swaha.

A weekend teaching by Geshe Ngawang Samten, touching on the essential topics of Buddhism at Vajrayana Institute, Sydney.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Geshe Ngawang Samten, Mahayana, Six Perfections, Paramita

Geshe Ngawang Samten at Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, explained the meanings of samsara and nirvana, based on the Buddha's teachings.
Topics: Samsara, Nirvana, Afternoons with Geshe-la

A weekend teaching by Geshe Ngawang Samten, touching on the essential topics of Buddhism at Vajrayana Institute, Sydney. Interpreted by Corey Jackson.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Geshe Ngawang Samten, Confession, Purification, Buddhism, Four Opponent...

For the full source text of the lecture: Visit http://www.Shurangama.com/mantra/Shurangama_Mantra_Siddham_Sanskrit_with_Ven_Hua_Verses.doc --- The Shurangama Mantra is the longest mantra in Buddhism -- Here is the latest version from our research of the Shurangama Sanskrit Devanagari version side-by-side with the more ancient and more commonly chanted Siddham Sanskrit version. Master Hsuan Hua says, "The entire title of the Shurangama Mantra is "Great White Canopy of Light Dharani...
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Topics: Shurangama Mantra, Shurangama Sutra, E li ye dwo la, Arya Tara, Medicine Buddha, Akshobhya,...
Source: Commentaries on Shurangama Sutra Mantra Taisho No. T 945 by diverse Buddhist Monks and Nuns such as Ven. Chan Zen Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (Xuan Hua) of the City of 10,000 Buddhas (Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - www.DRBA.org), Venerable Dharma Master Hsu Fa of the Ching Dynasty, Namo Shurangama Tripitaka-Charya Venerable Master Arya Nagarguna, Venerable Tang Dynasty Sanskrit to Chinese Translator Dharma Master Shramana Paramiti, reviewer Dharma Master Shramana Meghashikara, certifier Shramana Hwai Di and editor disciple Fang Yung, Hsu Yun (Xu yun), Bhikshuni translator Heng Ch'ih (Heng Chr), Heng Tao and other translators of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (www.BTTSonline.org), an Anonymous American Buddhist Monk of the Tibetan and Chinese Mahayana Tradition www.Shurangama.com, Namo@Shurangama.com; Namo Chandragomin's ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana. The fifth century A.D. sagely Indian Buddhist Upasaka Pandit Chandragomin from Nalanda Monastic University wrote three commentaries and one Sadhana (Puja ceremony) on the Shurangama Mantra in Sanskrit: It is still extant in its Tibetan form in the Peking Edition No. 3904, 3905, 3916 and 3917 of the Tibetan Tripitaka Tangyur as the ārya-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatrā-parājitā pratyaṅgirā nāma dhāraṇī sādhana (P.E. 3905). The Tibetan name for Chandragomin's Shurangama Mantra Sadhana is hphags-pa de-bshin-gsegs-pahi gtsug-tor-nas byun-bahi gdugs dkar-mo-can gshan-gyis mi-thub-pa phyir bzlog-pa shes-bya-bahi gzuns kyi sgrub-thabs. (Source: Indian Buddhist Pundits - from the Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, (Tibetan title: Chos-'byung-zin-bris-nor-bu 'phreng-ba compiled Tibetan Masters), translator Lobsang Norbu Tsonawa, Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), 1985, Revised Edition 2005: p. 102, ISBN 81-85102-42-2) The main source is the Tripitaka Sutra, Shastra and Vinaya teachings (as found in the scripture storehouse of the Indian Sanskrit-Siddham, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese traditions of the Nalanda Tradition of ancient Nalanda University) of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his Arya Sagely Bodhisattva Bhikshu Monk and Upasaka disciples. These Dharma Master teachers include Arya Venerables Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Aryasura, Kumarajiva, Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Chandragomin, Vasubandhu, Asanga, Hui Neng, Atisha, Kamalashila, Dharmarakshita, Tsong Khapa, Thogme Zangpo, Patanjali, Sushruta, Charaka, Vagbhata, Nichiren, Hsu Yun, Hsuan Hua, Shen Kai, Tenzin Gyatso, Kyabje Zopa, Ajahn Chah, Vasant Lad, and other modern day masters. All of these above teachers thinking has influenced these Buddhist MP3 audio recordings Dharma talks. Main source is the: Namo "Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha's Summit Concerning the Tathagata's Secret Cause of Cultivation, His Certification to the Complete Meaning and all Bodhisattvas' Myriad Practices." Also called Namo Shurangama Tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-Sitātapatrā (सितातपत्रा) Mantra Dharani Om namaḥ śrī-sarva-buddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ ॐ नमः श्रीसर्वबुद्धबोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः। Śūraṃgama-sūtra - Namo Shǒu lèngyán jīng 首楞嚴經 - Namo ārya-sarva-tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-sitāta-patrā-nāma-parājitā pratyaṅgirā mahā-vidyā-rājñī samāptā - Om Namo Shurangama Sutra-Mantra - Om Namo Léngyán jīng 棱嚴經 (Taisho number T 945) - A Zen -Chan and Tantric Mantra Tantra Sutra scripture translated by Paramiti (Pāramiti 般刺蜜帝) in 705 A.D.; v. 首楞嚴經 - Namo Uṣṇīṣavijayādhāraṇī - Namo Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng - Namo Sarvatathāgataoṣṇīṣaśitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī-nāma-dhāraṇī - Om Namo Dà fódǐng rúlái fàngguāng Xīdáduōbōdáluó tuóluóní 大佛頂如來放光悉憺多鉢憺陀羅尼 - Namo Dhāraṇī of Śitātapatra - Namo Great Corona of All Tathāgatas, Radiating Light [Namo The Great Queen of Vidyā called Aparājitā]. Tibetan version is: To.590/985, P.202/610 (['phags pa] De bshin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor nas byung ba gdugs dkar po can shes bya ba gshan gyis mi thub ma phyir zlog pa'i rig sngags kyi rgyal mo chen mo)) Siddhaya, Swaha Maha Siddhaya Swaha.

A weekend teaching by Geshe Ngawang Samten, touching on the essential topics of Buddhism at Vajrayana Institute, Sydney. Interpreted by Ven Thubten Yeshe.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Geshe Ngawang Samten, Four Seals, Valid cognition

A weekend teaching by Geshe Ngawang Samten, touching on the essential topics of Buddhism at Vajrayana Institute, Sydney. Interpreted by Corey Jackson.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Geshe Ngawang Samten, Renunciation, Bodhicitta, Altruism,...

Wangdrak Rinpoche gave a talk on The Wisdom of Experience at Vajrayana Institute on 28 June 2013 after a slideshow about the Gebchak nuns. This event is organized by the Liberation Prison Project.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Wangdrak Rinpoche, Gebchak nuns, Liberation Prison Project

Why Meditate? Workshop with Matthieu Ricard A Meditation Workshop on working with Thoughts and Emotions with Matthieu Ricard Date & Times: Sun 1 June 2014, 10am-4pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield In this workshop, Matthieu Ricard, a molecular geneticist turned Buddhist monk, will explain how meditation can help us achieve emotional balance, enhance mindfulness, expand altruistic love, and develop a sense of inner calm; while also reducing anxiety, vulnerability to...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Meditation

Geshe Ngawang Samten, the resident teacher of Vajrayana Institute, gave this commentary on the classic text, Eight Verses of Thought Transformation, during the Tuesday evening classes in 2012. The subject matter is on transforming our thinking habits, especially in the face of adversity and suffering, so that we can make use of all our life experiences as a means to further our spiritual development. These teachings were orally translated by Corey Jackson.
Topics: Geshe Ngawang Samten, Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Thought Transformation, Mind Training, Langri...

When we encounter problems and difficulties, how can we make use of such circumstances to benefit ourselves and others? The point of transforming problems is not to stop the experience of problems; rather, it is to stop these so-called "problems" from disturbing our mind and use them to develop our innate potential for love, compassion, kindness and so on. Ven Robina led this 2-day workshop at Vajrayana Institute on 8-9 October 2011.
Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana Institute, Robina Courtin, Dharma, Transforming Problems

Basic Program: Special Insight of Lamrim Chenmo with Geshe Ngawang Samten Dates & Times: Thursday 7.00pm-9.00pm with discussion group at 6.00pm; 20 March 2014 onwards [Note: no recording for the following dates: 20 March (technical issue), 29 May (no class), all classes in June (discussion), 18 Sept (no class), and all classes in Nov (discussion).] This is an advanced level course on Buddhist philosophy. Geshe-la continues his in-depth commentary on the Special Insight section of the Great...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Lam rim, Mahayana Buddhism, tibetan Buddhism

Mahamudra, a Sanskrit word meaning "great seal", refers to a lineage of Buddhist practice and meditation transmitted from India to Tibet in the early eleventh century. It focuses on the nature of the mind, investigating both its conventional and ultimate nature. Ven Antonio gave this introductory talk as a part of his retreat on Vipassana with a Drop of Mahamudra at Vajrayana Institute on 30 September 2011.
Topics: vipassana, mindfulness, awareness, meditation, mahamudra

Afternoons with Geshe-la: Confession to 35 Buddhas with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Sunday 24 February 2pm-5pm This powerful purification practice helps to clear away our negative karma, purify our minds and accumulate great merit. This afternoon session includes teaching, prostrations and discussion. This teaching is interpreted by Corey Jackson.   About the teacher Geshe Ngawang Samten was born at Panchamari, MP, India. At the age of nine, he entered the Sera Monastic Institute...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Geshe Ngawang Samten, Buddhism, Purification, Confession, Four Opponent...

Mindfulness: Buddhist and Scientific Views Free Public Talk by B. Alan Wallace Date & Times: Monday 26 March, 7.00pm-9.00pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield NSW Bringing in his experience as a monk, scientist and contemplative, Alan Wallace offers a rich synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions' understanding of the quality of mindfulness and its cultivation. With the increasing importance of mindfulness in both clinical and corporate settings, this is a good chance...
Topics: Buddhism, Alan Wallace, Vajrayana Institute, consciousness, mindfulness

A Roadmap to Happiness - Vajrayana Institute Fri 8th April 2016 We spend our lives being seduced by the outside world, believing utterly that happiness and suffering come from 'out there'. But Buddha says that what goes in our minds is the main source of how we deal with life. The experiential implication of this view is empowerment, accountability, and the courage to change. Gradually we loosen the grip of ego-grasping and the other neuroses, thus developing our marvelous potential for...
Topic: Robina Courtin A Roadmap to Happiness Vajrayana Institute

Radical Compassion Workshop with Ven Tenzin Chogkyi Friday 21 September 7-9pm - Free introductory talk, Leading a Compassionate Life Saturday-Sunday 22-23 September 9am-4pm, Radical Compassion Workshop Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield NSW www.vajrayana.com.au The "thought transformation" tradition of teachings are revolutionary practices designed to turn your self-absorption on its head. In this 2-day workshop, Ven Chogkyi presents the time-tested techniques of...
Topics: Compassion, Vajrayana Institute, Tenzin Chogkyi, mind training, thought transformation, tonglen

Public talk with Ven Geshe Lhakdor Public Talk: Understanding Reality for Happiness with Ven Geshe Lhakdor Date & Time: 27 April 2014, 6pm   About the teacher Ven Geshe Lhakdor is the Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India. An eloguent speaker and a distinguished Buddhist Scholar, he was the personal English translator of His Holiness Dalai Lama from 1989 to 2005. He has also translated and co-produced numerous Buddhist classics by His Holiness. 
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Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana Institute

Foundation of All Good Qualities with Ven Choden Rinpoche Date & Times: Tuesday 4 March 7pm-9pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield NSW A teaching on the entire path to enlightenment based on the classic text composed by the Tibetan Buddhist Master Lama Tsong Khapa, who founded the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This is a wonderful introduction to all the essential aspects of the Buddha's teachings and provide a clear overview of all the qualities we develop in our...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhism, Lama Tsongkhapa

Aryadeva’s  Four Hundred Stanzas  is a foundational work of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. The first four chapters show how to rid yourself of the four incorrect considerations: considering something impermanent by nature to be permanent, something in the nature of suffering to be in the nature of happiness, something unclean by nature to be clean, and something lacking an impossible soul or self to have an impossible soul or self. Geshe Samten is resuming teaching this text in 2017 as part...
Topics: Aryadeva, Four Hundred stanzas, mahayana buddhist, philosophy

This will be a 14 day pilgrimage led by Geshe Samten. It visits some amazing places like Sera Je Monastery in Byalkuppe, the Anandha Vihara in Hyderabad and the Kanheri caves north of Mumbai. Pilgrimage Dates:  15-28 January 2018 Our partner in arranging this tour is Ekno Travels. For full details about this trip and to make a booking please visit Ekno Travels website by clicking  here This recording From Vajrayana Institute contains Geshela explaining the benefits of pilgrimage and Sharon...
Topics: pilgrimage, Ekno, India, Sera Je

Public Talk: Cultivating Conative Intelligence with B. Alan Wallace Date & Times: Wednesday 30 October 7-8.30pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield Alan will talk about the cultivation of wise desires and intentions, which constitute conative intelligence. About the teacher B. Alan Wallace has taught Buddhist meditation and philosophy worldwide since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including H.H. the Dalai Lama. After...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Alan Wallace, Conative Intelligence, Cultivating Emotional Balance, CEB

BP: Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds with Jampa Jaffe Dates & Times: Monday  2, 9, 16, 23 February; 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 March; 13, 20, 27 April; 4, 11, 18, 25 May; 1, 22, 29 June 2015, 7pm-9pm For as long as space endures, and for as long as living beings remain, until then may I too abide to dispel the misery of the world. Based on Shantideva's inspirational verses on Mahayana aspiration and practice, composed more than a thousand years ago and still widely regarded as the most authentic...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mahayana, Shantideva, Bodhisattva

Afternoons with Geshe-la: Compassion & Bodhicitta with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Saturday 15 March 2014, 2pm-5pm In this teaching Geshela will explore a core theme of Mahayana Buddhism, namely how to develop compassion and its importance in arousing bodhicitta, a mind or heart focused first on the benefit of all beings and then on one's own individual enlightenment. Suitable for all. This teaching is interpreted by Corey Jackson.   About the teacher Geshe Ngawang Samten was...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Compassion, bodhicitta

Happiness: A Guide to developing Life's Greatest Skill with Matthieu Ricard Date & Time: Sunday 19 June 10.00am-4.00pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square, Ashfield Described by scientists as "the happiest man alive," Matthieu Ricard addresses the pursuit of a meaningful life at its most fundamental level--the strengthening of the inner conditions that lead to genuine happiness. He helps participants to learn how to form new patterns of interaction with themselves and...
Topics: Matthieu Ricard, happiness, vajrayana institute, meditation, buddhism

Happiness: A Guide to developing Life's Greatest Skill with Matthieu Ricard Date & Time: Sunday 19 June 10.00am-4.00pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square, Ashfield Described by scientists as "the happiest man alive," Matthieu Ricard addresses the pursuit of a meaningful life at its most fundamental level--the strengthening of the inner conditions that lead to genuine happiness. He helps participants to learn how to form new patterns of interaction with themselves and...
Topics: Matthieu Ricard, happiness, vajrayana institute, meditation, buddhism

Happiness: A Guide to developing Life's Greatest Skill with Matthieu Ricard Date & Time: Sunday 19 June 10.00am-4.00pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square, Ashfield Described by scientists as "the happiest man alive," Matthieu Ricard addresses the pursuit of a meaningful life at its most fundamental level--the strengthening of the inner conditions that lead to genuine happiness. He helps participants to learn how to form new patterns of interaction with themselves and...
Topics: Matthieu Ricard, happiness, vajrayana institute, meditation, buddhism